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| Thread ID: 75170 | 2006-12-18 23:15:00 | New computers inbuilt video card is ****e so how do I get my old one working? | Fishy (10540) | Press F1 |
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| 507832 | 2006-12-18 23:15:00 | I just got a new computer cos the old one broke. Just before the old one broke I bought a MX4000 64mb PCI video card because it didn't have an AGP slot. The new one we got isn't that flash but it's ok. Pentium D 3.06 Ghz and 512mb of ram on a ASUS P5VDC-MX motherboard. Problem is, that motherboard has an inbuilt video card on it which is complete crap, it may be 64mb but it is crap. The IT guy that built the computer for us said he tried to get my PCI video card to work but couldn't. I tried too but I don't want to break anything so i'm a bit cautious to do anything. What I want to know is, does my motherboard support PCI video cards and if so how do I make it work? Because I really don't want to fork out money to buy a new AGP one at the moment. I am going to buy a new one soon though, so suggestions for that are welcome to. Doesn't have to be top of the line ultra flash thing just one that runs newish games (e.g. fifa '07) on medium-high settings. Thankyou. |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 507833 | 2006-12-19 00:01:00 | I would say thats what the V means in P5VDC-MX. Onboard video. Well look on the motherboard, any white slots? Those are PCI slots. If there are NO white slots, then no u cant use PCI cards. But, by the looks of it its got 2 PCI. So turn the PC off open the case chuck the card in a PCI slot, Voila. But if you've already tried this and it doesn't work, you may have to disable the onboard video for the PCI videocard to work. Thats if the monitor turns on after u put the PCI card in. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 507834 | 2006-12-19 00:12:00 | Pentium D 3.06GHz? Sounds like a single core to me. There is no Pentium D 3.06GHz, only 3.00GHz. You may have been fooled to buy a Pentium 4 524 3.06GHz with HT technology (lol I've watched Dell's ad too much). Anyways, make sure you have the driver ready to be installed before you plug in the PCI video card. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 507835 | 2006-12-19 00:17:00 | Anyways, make sure you have the driver ready to be installed before you plug in the PCI video card. What? u don't need the driver before u install a card. You can install the drivers after. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 507836 | 2006-12-19 00:28:00 | With new Mobo and in-built video, the BIOS is looking for the occupation of the AGP port to automatically turn off on-board and use the dedicated card. BUT, you have a PCI card, so you will need to turn off on-board manually and stipulate PCI as video (I forget the setting, something about 1st display device) | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 507837 | 2006-12-19 00:29:00 | Oh yeah....8) | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 507838 | 2006-12-19 00:41:00 | U know, I think the chip on the mobo will be better than the mx4000! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 507839 | 2006-12-19 00:47:00 | Oh, you may need to set an IRQ to PCI VGA also! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 507840 | 2006-12-19 01:35:00 | Pentium D 3.06GHz? Sounds like a single core to me. There is no Pentium D 3.06GHz, only 3.00GHz. You may have been fooled to buy a Pentium 4 524 3.06GHz with HT technology Whatever, all i know is it IS single core but i thought it was pentium D, maybe its pentium 4 then. It doesnt really matter to me. I have chucked in the PCI card then turned on the computer and set the PCI to primary display but then neither works so I have to unplug the PCI to get the inbuilt working again. With new Mobo and in-built video, the BIOS is looking for the occupation of the AGP port to automatically turn off on-board and use the dedicated card. BUT, you have a PCI card, so you will need to turn off on-board manually and stipulate PCI as video (I forget the setting, something about 1st display device) This is true, I have chucked in an old nVidia TNT2 card and it defaulted to that straight away with nothing being changed. As far as the chip on the mobo being better, it isn't. I think it might be broken or something. When I try play CSS (which ran at about 25-30fps on MX4000) it goes about 8-10fps. But whats weird is if i try play CS 1.6 which is ancient, it still plays at 8-10fps yet it needs graphically alot less power. Whats also weird is no matter what setting I put the graphics on in either game it stays the same fps. And when not in game (and also in game) when anything is set to screen resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher the screen starts jumping when there is a load on the computer. It's really odd. Oh, you may need to set an IRQ to PCI VGA also! In english please? |
Fishy (10540) | ||
| 507841 | 2006-12-19 01:52:00 | Fishy - from BIOS>advanced Menu> PCI/PnP setting, assign IRQ to PCI VGA. | SolMiester (139) | ||
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